How To Install whois on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install whois on AlmaLinux 8.
What is whois
Searches for an object in a RFC 3912 database. This version of the WHOIS client tries to guess the right server to ask for the specified object. If no guess can be made it will connect to whois.networksolutions.com for NIC handles or whois.arin.net for IPv4 addresses and network names.
We can use yum or dnf to install whois on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install whois.
Install whois on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install whois using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install whois
Install whois on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install whois using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install whois
How To Uninstall whois on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the whois package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove whois
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whois on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
